One Liner (Updated)

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Full Year 2021
 January 2021

• Which country has passed the “Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Bill? USA
• Which Central Asian country has recently abolished the death penalty? Kazakhstan
• Which country hosted 41st session of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit on January
5, 2021? Saudi Arabia
• Trains powered by human waste to be introduced in which country? Britain
• Which country has hosted the 4th “One Planet Summit” in cooperation with the United
Nations and the World Bank? France
• Claire Polosak, the first woman to officiate in men’s test match, is from which country?
Australia
• The oldest son of Oman`s sultan became the first crown prince in the country`s history,
Named? Dhi Yazan Bin Haitham
 January 2021

• Indonesian plane carrying 62 people crashes into sea. What was the name of that plane?
Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737
• When will UAE and Saudi Arabia reopen its borders to Qatar? January 9, 2021
• Who became world’s richest person in 2021? Elon Musk
• On 8th January 2021, Which social media platform permanently banned President Trump
account? Twitter
• Cornwall, the host of 2021 G-7 Summit, is in which country? United Kingdom
• Which country ranked top in the Global Firepower index 2021? USA
• Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on: January 20, 2021
• Which country plane has seized in Malaysia over $14m lease dispute? Pakistan (PIA)
 January 2021
• Which country will no longer recognize UK issued passport for Hong Kongers? China
• Which country is the highly corrupt country in the world 2020 according to Transparency
International? South Sudan & Somalia
• Which country is the least corrupt country in the world 2020 according to Transparency
International? New Zealand & Denmark
• UN-International Day Education? 24 January
• Which country’s Mars Digger probe named the ‘Mole’ was declared dead recently? USA
• Which country’s space agency is to test fire the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful
rocket ever built? United States
• New US Secretary of the State? Antony Blinken (71st)
• When Israel opens its embassy in Abu Dhabi? January 24, 2021
 February 2021

• Which country has taken the top spot in the 2020 Democracy Index? Norway
• New York has become the first US state to proclaim February 5 as “Kashmir-American Day”.
• Andy Jassy is the new CEO of: Amazon
• Zara Mohammed has been elected as first female secretary of Muslim Council of: Britain
• In which country military arrested senior political leaders and take control of country for one
year? Myanmar
• Israel and Kosovo established diplomatic ties on: February 1, 2021
• 7th Multinational Maritime Exercise “Aman 2021” being held under the theme of: Together for
Peace
• World Cancer Day is observed every year on: February 4
 February 2021

• When China’s Tianwen-1 probe enters Mars orbit? February 10, 2021
• When UAE ‘Hope’ probe successfully entered Mars’ orbit, making history as the Arab world’s
first interplanetary mission? February 9, 2021
• The ‘World Pulses Day’ is being observed on: February 10
• What is the theme of the ‘World Pulses Day’ 2021? Nutritious Seeds for a Sustainable Future
• According to the Chinese Zodiac, the 2021 year is celebrated as which year? Year of Ox
• which country ambassador killed in attack in Democratic Republic of Congo? Italy (Luca
Attanasio)
• Which country buys vaccines for Syria in secret deal with Russia? Israel
 February 2021

• Which country has started developing the anti-missile Arrow-4 system with the U.S.? Israel
• President of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing committee? Seiko Hashimoto
• Which country overtook the United States as the EU`s biggest trading partner? China
• Who become the first woman and first African director general of the World Trade Organisation
(WTO)? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
• Which is the first country to have captured and released the audio from Mars? United States
• 30th Adriatic Pearl Tournament is held in which country? Montenegro
• Recently, which country declares victory in tackling poverty? China
 March 2021
• Which country has launched the satellite Arktika-M? Russia
• Which country is the host of the multinational Exercise Desert Flag? UAE
• Current President of International Court of Justice (ICJ)? Joan E. Donoghue
• Which country has formally re-joined the Paris Climate agreement recently? USA
• As per the 10th Edition of Hurun Global Rich List 2021, which country has the highest number
of billionaires? China
• According to Forbes Magazine, Who is currently the World’s most powerful Person in 2021? Xi
Jinping
• Who is the First UAE envoy to Israel? Mohamed Al Khaja
• India’s first undersea tunnel is being constructed in which city? Mumbai
• Which country gets its first transgender news anchor on Women’s Day? Bangladesh
• World Kidney Day is being observed every year on. Second Thursday of March
 March 2021
• Theme of the World Kidney Day 2021? Living Well with Kidney Disease
• Who became the first Afghanistan player to smash a Test double hundred? Hashmatullah
Shahidi
• Which country has recently approved its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025)? China
• World Down Syndrome Day is marked each year on: 21 March
• World`s most polluted capital for the third straight year in 2020? New Delhi
• Samia Suluhu Hassan President of which country? Tanzania
• Which country is the world`s happiest country? Finland
• Tanzanian Former President John Magufuli died on: March 17, 2021
• Which country has recently proposed UN-sponsored plan to end civil war in Yemen? Saudi
Arabia
• World Meteorological Day observed every year? March 23
 March 2021
• World Poetry Day? March 21
• “Pabbi-Antiterror-2021”, a joint anti-terrorism exercise is held by which organization? SCO
• Who is the first cricketer to score 3,000 runs in T-20 International matches? Virat Kohli
• Bangladesh celebrates it’s 50 anniversary of independence on: 26 March 2021
• Where is the world’s largest floating solar farm being built? Singapore
• When does Iran celebrate its new year 2021, which is known as Persian Year “Nowruz or
Navroz”? March 20, 2021
• World Water Day is being observed every year on: 22 March
• Theme of the World Water Day 2021? Valuing Water
• Turkmenistan on ____ held its first elections to a newly created senate. March 28, 2021
• Which country to host 9th Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process Ministerial Conference? Tajikistan
• On March 27, 2021, Iran and China sign ___ year `strategic cooperation pact`. 25 years
 April 2021

• What is “B.1.617”, which is seen in the news recently? COVID 19 Variant

• Which country launched NEO-01 robot, which aims to remove Space Debris? China
• The 77th session of ESCAP will be held virtually from: April 26 to 29, 2021
• Which country has launched the ‘Tianhe’ module to space? China
• The World’s most powerful climate-change forecasting supercomputer is to be built in which
country? UK
• As per the Julius Baer Lifestyle Index 2021, which is the costliest place to live in the world?
Shanghai
• Chloe Zhao has been conferred with the Oscar Award for which movie? Nomadland
• which country submarine, with 53 on board, goes missing? Indonesia
• Earth Day observed throughout the world on: April 22
 April 2021

• Theme of the ‘Earth Day 2021’? Restore Our Earth

• Which country tops in the Inclusive Internet Index 2021 released by EIU? Sweden
• UN Chinese Language Day is observed annually on: 20th April
• Who has been re-elected Djibouti president for fifth term? Ismail Omar Guelleh
• UAE names first woman astronaut in its space programme , Named? Nouraal-Matroushi
• What is the name of the farthest gamma-ray emitting galaxy? Narrow-Line Seyfert 1
• What is the name of the tropical cyclone that has made landfalls in Western Australia? Seroja
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II died on: April 9, 2021
• Recently, Russia registers ‘world’s first’ Covid vaccine for animals.
• India has created a world record for Fastest Road construction.
 May 2021

• Who becoming the first blind man in Asia and the third in the world to climb Mount Everest?
Zhang Hong
• Which country hosted the Paris Summit? France
• International Missing Children’s Day is observed globally on: 25th May
• Bashar Al-Assad is the President of which country? Syria
• Jane Goodall is the awardee of which famous prize? Templeton prize
• Israel accepts which Arab country’s proposal for Gaza `ceasefire`? Egypt
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled a new combat drone with range of 200 Km, named it
GAZA in a tribute to Palestinians.
• Shavuot is a festival celebrated by which category of religious people? Jews
• World Thyroid Day is observed globally on: 25th May
 May 2021
• World Bee Day is celebrated across the world on? 20th May
• Theme for World Bee Day 2021? Bee engaged – Build Back Better for Bees
• Which country host the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022? India
• Which is the first country to ban all synthetic cannabinoids? China
• When emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on the issue of the latest
Israeli assaults on Palestine will be held? May 20, 2021
• The Global Health Summit 2021 was held at Rome, Italy
• Nigeria`s army chief Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru died in a plane crash on: May 21, 2021
• Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire ending an 11-day conflict.
• Iron Dome is a mobile Defence system developed by which country? Israel
• Which company has built the world’s ,biggest airplane ever, named Roc? Stratolaunch,
American Company
 May 2021
• Simorgh is the strongest super-computer of which country? Iran
• The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope “James Webb Space Telescope” was
developed by which agency? NASA
• World Thalassemia Day is observed every year on: May 8
• Which aerospace company has announced the “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon”? SpaceX
• Which technology company has created a 2-nanometer chip, the smallest and most powerful
microchip? IBM
• The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has been built in Arouca Geopark, Portugal
• What is the theme of the International Workers’ Day 2021? Maintaining Safety and Security at
the Workplace
• World Press Freedom Day is observed on: May 03
 May 2021
• Theme of the World Press Freedom Day 2021? Information as a Public Good
• World’s first Artificial Intelligence ship? Mayflower 400
• International Day of the Midwife is observed on: May 5
• Maria Ressa conferred UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize 2021, Who belongs to: Philippine
• Theme of the International Day of the Midwife (IDM) 2021? Follow the Data: Invest in
Midwives
• World Hand Hygiene Day is observed on 5 May
• Theme of the World Hand Hygiene Day 2021? Achieving Hand Hygiene at the Point of Care
• International Firefighters’ Day is observed on: May 4
• Coal Miners’ Day is observed every year on: May 04
 June 2021
• Naftali Bennet Prime Minister of which country? Israel
• Who is the winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize? David Diop
• Theme of the World Environment Day 2021? Ecosystem restoration (5 June)
• New President of Israel? Isaac Herzog
• Recently, which country allows couples to have three children? China
• Russia has started its biggest Nuclear Power Project with which country? China
• The head of the world`s largest family has died in which country? India (Ziona Chana, died on
13 June 2021)
• Which country to host the 11th Meeting of IORA’s CSO Committee? UAE
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2021 observed on: June 15th
• Naftali Bennett is an 13th Prime Minister of Israel.
 June 2021
• Who was Israel’s longest serving Prime Minister? Benjamin Netanyahu
• Current Secretary-General of UN António Guteres
• First player in the last 52 years to win all four Grand Slams twice? Novak Djokovic
• What is B3W initiative? Build Back Better World (G7 Leaders launch)
• Which city has topped the list of The Economist’s annual survey of the world’s most livable
cities in 2021? Auckland
• World Oceans Day is observed every year on: June 8
• Theme of the World Oceans Day 2021? The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods
• UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) 2021 will be held in: Glasgow, Scotland Under the
presidency of UK.
• Current Prime Minister of Mali? Choguel Maiga
• Which country to host the Men’s T20 World Cup 2021? UAE & Oman
• ‘Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) satellite’, was launched by which space agency? NASA
 June 2021
• Which country manage to win the first World Test Championship trophy? New Zealand
• Israel-based i24News channel to open office in which Arab city? Dubai
• When Antonio Guterres sworn in as UN chief for second term? June 18, 2021
• The 2021 NATO Summit was organized in which city? Brussels
• International Olympic Day celebrated every year on: June 23
• Abdulla Shahid, president of the UN General Assembly, belongs to which country? Maldives
• Henri Marie Dondra new Prime Minister of which country? Central African Republic (CAR)
• Which country is the largest producer of bananas in the world? India
• World Refugee Day observed every year on? June 20th
• Theme of the World Refugee Day 2021? Together we heal, learn and shine
• Theme of the World Oceans Day 2021? The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods
• As per ICAN’s report, which country spent the highest amount on nuclear weapons? USA
 July 2021
• Which country opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea? Egypt
• Jovenel Moise, who was assassinated, was the President of which country? Haiti
• Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar died on? July 7, 2021
• Which country’s ambitious Mars mission is otherwise called ‘Hope’? UAE
• Which country hosted the BRICS Education Ministers Meet 2021? India
• Jolo island is in which country? Philippines (Philippines Air Force transport plane- the C-130
Hercules, crashed killing at least 50 people)
• Bagram airbase, is in which country? Afghanistan
• Which country hosted the 7th edition of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in 2021?
France
• Cambridge-1 is the supercomputer of which country? UK
• World Population Day is observed every on July 11
 July 2021
• Theme of the World Population Day 2021? Rights and Choices are the Answer
• Novak Djokovic and Ashleigh Barty, who won the Wimbledon title 2021, are from Serbia and
Australia.
• Which country has won the 2021 Copa America Football? Argentina
• Which country won the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship? Italy
• The SCO Foreign Ministers meeting being held in which city? Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
• Which country is building LingLong One, the world’s 1st commercial small modular reactor?
China
• World`s deepest swimming pool for underwater diving has opened in Dubai
• S-500 is the air defence missile system developed by which country? Russia
 July 2021
• Which country has launched a high-speed maglev train, which can attain a top speed of 600
kmph? China
• “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” is the updated motto of which of the following events?
Olympics 2021
• Pedro Castillo new President of which country? Peru
• World Malala Day celebrated every year? July 12
• Which country is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation host in 2021? New Zealand
• Which State became the first Gulf state to open an embassy in Israel? UAE
• Bastille Day is the national day of which country? France
• World Youth Skills Day is observed every year on: 15 July
 July 2021

• Central and South Asia 2021: Regional Connectivity Conference was held in? Uzbekistan
• International Friendship Day celebrated every year on: July 30
• Every year, July 28 is celebrated as the World Hepatitis Day 2021
• Youngest athlete to compete in Tokyo Olympics? Hend Zaza (Syria)
• Who become new Prime Minister of Lebanon? Najib Azmi Mikati
• Russia marked the 325th anniversary of the founding of its navy.
• World’s first 3D printed steel bridge was open in which country? Netherland
 August 2021
• Prime Minister of Myanmar? Min Aung Hlaing
• Ismail Haniyeh has been re-elected as supreme leader of which Islamist group? Hamas
• Who holds the world record in “Women’s triple jump”? Yulimar Rojas
• The Breastfeeding week is marked every year from? August 1 to August 8
• Which country has decided to issue Golden Visa to all the doctors residing there? UAE
• First female swimmer to win seven medals in a single Olympic event? Emma Mckeon
• Which country won men’s hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, 2021? Belgium
• Which country hosted the 8th Justice Ministers meet 2021 of Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation? Tajikistan
• Which country won women’s hockey gold in Tokyo Olympics, 2021? Netherlands
• When Kabul airport attack took place? 26 August 2021
• According to the GDP per capita report 2021 poorest country in the world is Burundi
• Shared Destiny-2021” Defense Exercise to be held in China.
 August 2021
• Prime Minister of Armenia? Nikol Pashinyan
• Which country won the most Medals in the Tokyo Olympics 2020? United States
• Afghanistan Government Collapses as Taliban Takes Kabul on: 15 August 2021
• Current Ameer of Afghan Taliban? Haibatullah Akhundzada
• The UN security council emergency meeting was called to discuss Afghanistan current situation
on: 16 August 2021
• World Photography Day is observed every year on: 19th August
• Which date in August is observed as World Mosquito Day? 20 August
• Theme of World Mosquito Day 2021? Reaching the zero-malaria target
• New Prime Minister of Malaysia? Ismail Sabri Yaakob
• Vice President of America? Kamala Harris
• Snowfield Duty-2021 is a military exercise conducted by which country? China
 September 2021

• US forces leaves Afghanistan after how many years? 20 years

• Which country has won the most Medals in Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games? China
• The 2020 Summer Paralympics was held in? Tokyo, Japan
• Multinational Exercise ‘Bright Star 2021’ conducted in which country? Egypt
• Prayuth Chan-ocha is the Prime Minister of which country? Thailand
• The most goals scored (111) in International Football (Soccer) (Between 2003 & 2021) by an
individual (male) was achieved by: Cristiano Ronaldo
• Leader of National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan? Ahmad Massoud
• The Badri 313 Battalion is an elite military unit of which country? Afghanistan
 September 2021

• Which city is the safest city in South Asia? Mangalore

• Current Prime Minister of Morocco: Aziz Akhannouch
• Which country to host the 13th BRICS Summit 2021? India
• Digital Currency “eNaira”, is associated with which country? Nigeria
• On September 9, 2021, Tajikistan celebrates its 30th independence anniversary.
• On 11 September 2021, the world marked which anniversary of the 9/11 attacks? 20th
• Who has won the 2021 US Open men’s singles tennis tournament? Daniil Medvedev
• which country successfully test-fired its first submarine launched ballistic missile and becoming
the eighth country in the world with the advanced technology? South Korea
• Afghan Taliban leader named among Time’s 100 most influential people of 2021, Named?
Abdul Ghani Baradar
 September 2021
• Which country has been suspended from the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by the
International Olympic Committee? North Korea
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika was the former president of which country? Algeria
• The Taliban replace ministry for women with which ministry? Propagation of Virtue and
Prevention of Vice
• Current foreign Minister of India? Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
• The 21st Meeting of SCO Council of Heads of State will be held in: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
September 17, 2021
• Justin Trudeau re-elected as the Prime Minister of which country? Canada
• The high-level General Debate at UNGA 76 will take place from: 21 to 27 September 2021
• The International Day of Peace is observed annually on 21 September
• When kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates its 91st Independence Day? September 23,2021
 September 2021
• What country has the most freedom on the Internet? Iceland
• Which country was ranked as worst environment for Internet freedom for the seventh year in a
row by U.S.-based Freedom House? China
• The Security alliance AUKUS includes how many countries? 3 (Australia, UK, USA)
• Who is the new UN permanent representative of Afghanistan? Suhail Shaheen
• The 2021 German federal election was held on: 26 September 2021
• First female mayor of the German capital Berlin? Franziska Giffey
• ‘Waterways in our Communities’ is the theme of which day celebrated on 4th Sunday of
September? World Rivers Day
• When is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear weapons observed? Sep 26
• Mount Elbrus is in which country? Russia
 October 2021

• Najla Bouden Romdhane, is the first female prime minister of which country? Tunisia
• When Russia held its first royal wedding since the 1917 Bolshevik revolution? October 1, 2021
• Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, is the interim president of which country? Guinea
• General elections were held in Qatar for the first time on: October 2, 2021
• Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who drew sacrilegious sketch died in a car crash on: October 3, 2021
• The Pandora Papers are 11.9 million leaked documents with 2.9 terabytes of data published
beginning on? 3 October 2021
• Which country successfully tested the Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile from
submarine? Russia
• The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 was awarded to: David Julius & Ardem
Patapoutian
 October 2021

• 7th G20 Parliamentary Speakers summit to be held in which country? Italy

• In how many categories Nobel Prizes are awarded every year? Six
• The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner? Maria Ressa (Philippines), Dmitry Muratov (Russia).
• The Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2021 has been awarded to Benjamin List and David WC
MacMillan.
• The Nobel Prize for Physics 2021 has been awarded to: Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann,
Giorgio Parisi
• The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was awarded to: Abdulrazak Gurnah
• On 5 October every year, International Teachers’ Day or World Teachers’ Day is observed across
the globe.
• “Ponte di Ferro”, which has collapsed recently, is situated in which country? Italy
 October 2021

• The famous ‘World Expo’ is hosted by which city from October 2021 to March 2022? Dubai
• The US has appointed an envoy to lead efforts for relocation and resettlement in Afghanistan,
Named? Elizabeth Jones
• An Australian woman has set a record for swimming the English Channel by completing her
44th crossing, the most ever by a single swimmer? Chloe McCardel
• Which country unveiled the world’s first automated, driverless train? Germany
• Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq on: 10 October 2021
• How many people were killed in Russian parachutists’ plane crash on October 10, 2021?
Sixteen people
• World Sight Day is observed annually on the: Second Thursday of October
 October 2021
• Theme of ‘World Sight Day 2021’? Love Your Eyes
• The Naval Interaction-2021 is a joint naval exercise between? China and Russia
• Which country shooting scenes for the first movie in space? Russia
• Who is America`s new Special Representative for Afghanistan? Thomas West
• The first phase of the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP 15) is to be held on: 11-15 October
2021
• Which country is reported to have conducted a hypersonic weapon test using ‘Fractional
orbital bombardment system (FOBS)? China
• In October 2021, Israel to hold its largest-ever air force exercise, Named? Blue Flag
• When were 2021 Uzbek Presidential elections held in Uzbekistan? 24 October 2021
• Uzbekistan President? Shavkat Mirziyoyev
 October 2021
• Who is the highest wicket-taker in T20 International cricket? Shakib Al Hasan
• Which country ranked top in the Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021? Ireland
• Actor William Shatner, who became the oldest person ever in space, travelled aboard the
rocket-ship of which agency? Blue Origin
• Which country hosted the G20 Extraordinary Leaders’ Summit, that has been organized to
discuss the situation in Afghanistan? Italy
• Which country has the weakest passport in 2021? Afghanistan
• Which country tops the Henley Passport Index 2021? Japan & Singapore
• Which country will host ASEAN Summit 2021? Brunei
• Henrietta Lacks, who received WHO Director-General’s Award, was from which country? USA
• Which country to host the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) Summit? Saudi Arabia
 November 2021
• International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists` is being observed on
November 2
• When 2021 Kabul hospital attack occurred? 2 November 2021
• Taliban’s chief military strategist killed in Kabul hospital attack? Qari Hamdullah Mohlis
• Who is the 2021 Booker Prize for Fiction winner? Damon Galgut
• Who became the first Chinese woman to walk in space? Wang Yaping
• The United Nations General Assembly has designated the year 2021 as: International Year of
Fruits and Vegetables
• Nusret 2021 is an 8th multinational special operations exercise hosted by? Turkey
• Current chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board? Mirwais Ashraf
• South Africa`s last white president F. W. de Klerk died on: November 11, 2021
 November 2021
• Which country to act as US diplomatic representative in Afghanistan? Qatar
• US journalist jailed in Myanmar for how many years? 11 years (Danny Fenster)
• Which social networking platform is set to rename itself as “Meta”? Facebook
• First-ever president of Barbados? Dame Sandra Mason
• The leading run-scorer in the 2021 T20 World Cup was: Babar Azam (303 runs)
• The leading wicket-taker was Wanindu Hasaranga, who took 16 dismissals.
• Player of the tournament in ICC T20 World Cup 2021? David Warner
• World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on November 14
• Theme of World Diabetes Day 2021? Access to Diabetes Care
• Which country has won the T20 World Cup 2021? Australia
• A US journalist imprisoned in Myanmar was pardoned and released on: November 15, 2021
 November 2021
• According to QS Rankings 2022, Which university is listed as No.1 University of Asia? National
University of Singapore
• General elections (1 st round) were held in Bulgaria on 14 November 2021
• A Second round of the Bulgarian Presidential elections were held on 21 November 2021
• Which country has launched the Multi-Beam ‘Scorpius’ Electronic Warfare System? Israel
• Which country has carried out Direct-Ascent Anti-Satellite (DA-ASAT) test recently? Russia
• Baba Guru Nanak’s 552nd birth anniversary celebrated this year on 19 November 2021.
• The 2021 Men’s FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be held in which country? India
• Which country launched the world’s 1st Earth Science Satellite ‘Guangmu’? China
• Who won Men’s Single Vienna Tennis Open 2021? Alexander Zverev
• Who became the 1st women to serve as acting President of USA for 85 minutes? Kamala Haris
 November 2021
• Recently, which Islamic country launched the 1st Women’s Football League? Saudi Arabia
• The first electric autonomous cargo ship launched in which country? Norway
• Which country is set to issue the world’s first sovereign Bitcoin bonds and build Bitcoin City?
El Salvador
• Which country opens its Magical Pharaonic ‘Rams Road’? Egypt (Karnak Temple)
• Which cricket match fixture become the most viewed T20I in history? Pak-India WC 2021
• What is the name of the new COVID variant detected in South Africa? Omicron
• Magdalena Andersson first female Prime Minister of which country? Sweden
• Which country becomes the world’s newest republic? Barbados
• Who currently serves as the President of Interpol? Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi
 December 2021

• Which city is set to host the ‘Indian Ocean Conference’ 2021? Abu Dhabi
• China and Laos Open $6 Billion High-Speed Rail Link which would connect Chinese city of
Kunming to Laos’ capital Vientiane.
• Which Arab country signed a contract for 80 Rafale Warplanes with France in Dec 2021? UAE
• Who becomes first-ever footballer to score 800 goals? Cristiano Ronaldo
• Who currently serving as the Minister of Finance and Treasury of Turkey? Nureddin Nebati
• Xiomara Castro first and current female President of which country? Honduras
• Who won the men`s Ballon d`Or Award 2021 for a record seventh time? Lionel Messi
• After first woman PM, Sweden gets its first trans minister, Named? Lina Axelsson Kihlblom
• The current CEO of Twitter is Parag Agrawal
• UAE National Day is celebrated every year on: 2 December
 December 2021
• Time magazine named _____ as its `Person of the Year 2021`. Elon Musk
• Which country records the world`s first known death from Omicron? United Kingdom
• Who is the current chancellor of Germany? Olaf Scholz
• Who is the current Foreign Minister of Israel? Yair Lapid
• Who is the first Israeli PM to visit UAE? Naftali Bennett
• When is the International Day of Neutrality observed every year? December 12
• The Summit for Democracy was a virtual summit hosted by the: United States
• ‘Human Rights Day’ is celebrated every year on: 10 December
• 1st country announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing winter Olympics games 2022? USA
• South American country recently approved a law allowing same-sex marriage? Chile
• Yusaku Maezawa and Yozo Hirano, the first self-paying space tourists since 2009, are from
which country? Japan
 December 2021

• Indian defense chief Gen Bipin Rawat and 12 other people killed in a helicopter crash on:
December 8, 2021
• Which space agency launched its ‘Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD)’? NASA
• Who wins second term as Gambia’s President? Adama Barrow
• Which country won the Hockey Men’s Asian Champions Trophy 2021? South Korea
• A second round of the presidential election was held in Chile on: 19 December 2021
• Recently, which war-torn country for the first time in two decades prepare budget, free of
foreign aid? Afghanistan
• Catherine Russell is the new head of which global institution? UNICEF
• The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was a general election held on: 19 December
2021
• The International Migrant Day is observed every year on December 18
 December 2021
• Who has been named the 2021 ITF world champion for a record seventh time? Novak Djokovic
• Which country’s embroidery was added to UNESCO cultural heritage list? Palestine
• Political party suffer stunning defeat in UK by-election in December 2021? Conservatives
• Which country Navy tested a laser weapon and destroyed a Boating target in the Mideast? USA
• Bangladesh marks 50th years of liberation war victory over Pakistan in December 2021.
• An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude hit which country on December 14, 2021? Indonesia
• Which country’s alternate Government adopted stable-coin Tether as a legal currency?
Myanmar
• Which country successfully launched a new group of satellites Shijian-6 (05) into space for
space exploration? China
• Who has been named ‘Athlete of the Year’ for 2021 by Time Magazine? Simone Biles
• The 2021 Asian Youth Para Games to be held in which country? Bahrain
 December 2021
• Country has conducted a nuclear fusion experiment towards creation of an ‘Artificial Sun’?
China
• Shenzhou-13 Mission, is associated with which country? China
• Which country hosting the U-19 Youth Asia Cup 2021? UAE
• How many non-European countries are part of Europol? 10 (South Korea)
• Which country recently launched the “Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite”? Japan
• Ganymede, which was seen in the news recently, is the moon of which planet? Jupiter
• Recently, which country banned women from traveling alone? Afghanistan
• Which country launched World’s first dual -mode vehicle (road & rail)? Japan
• Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, would be granted a special pardon from a 20
years prison sentence.
• The UNSC has unanimously passed which resolution to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian
aid to Afghanistan? Resolution 2615
 December 2021
• World largest and most powerful telescope that NASA launched in December 2021, Named?
James Webb Space Telescope
• Turkey signed a deal with which country to jointly operate Kabul Airport? Qatar
• Who is the Current Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)? Hissein
Brahim Taha
• OIC appointed special envoy for Afghanistan? Tarig Ali Bakheet
• In which country 66-million-year-old dinosaur embryos was discovered? China
• The 2021 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Championship was held in? Spain
• Who has won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2021 award? Emma Raducanu
• Who is the current chancellor of Austria? Karl Nehammer
• Which is the shortest day and longest night (Winter Solstice) of 2021? 21 December
• Which city hosted G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in December 2021? Liverpool, UK